There are following editions of this book:

• ISBN 0-671-63870-X; Poseidon Press, New York; 1989; hardcover
• ISBN 0-671-70572-5; Poseidon Press, New York; 1989; softcover
• ISBN 0-330-31625-7; Picador Books, London; 1990; softcover
• ISBN 0-330-31073-9; Picador Books, London; 1990; hardcover

Additional version is US softcover (ISBN 0-671-70572-5) First Touchstone Edition 1999.

See also uncorrected proof copy by Picador.

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This card covers uncorrected proof copy has the same ISBN number as hardcover book by Poseidon Press later. Main text and formatting (bold, underlined, italics etc.) are all present. The illustrations are missing. Page numbers are added by hand, there are no page numbers in table of contents.

This card covers uncorrected proof copy has the same ISBN number as hardcover book by Picador later. Main text and formatting (bold, underlined, italics etc.) are all present. The illustrations are missing. Page numbers are added by hand, there are no page numbers in table of contents.

This is the first edition of the book in USA as hardcover.

This is the second edition of the book in UK as paperback.

Translation from English by Davide Sapienza. Translation into "Zappese" by Riccardo Bertoncelli.

The book is issued by Arcana edition 3 times: 1st edition 1990, 2nd edition 1995, 3rd edition 2003.

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Nice picture of Frank Zappa and Claudia Cardinale on the front cover. 

Review in Mucchio Extra.
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German translation by Thomas Ziegler.

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Dutch translation by Joost van der Meer & William Oostendorp..

This is the 1st edition of this book in Dutch. This translation has had several editions, with different covers. (united-mutations.com)

This is Dutch 1st edition, 2nd printing with different cover.

This is Dutch 2nd edition, now with more traditional cover.

Japanese translation by Misawa Etsuko.

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New improved Japanese translation by Ken Mogi.

Hungarian translation by JLX Kft. This book was reprinted in 2008.

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The hungarian translation of the Real Frank Zappa Book was published quite fast, in 1990. It's publisher was József Laux, former drummer of the almost-world-famous Hungarian rock group, LGT (Locomotiv GT). Unfortunately the translation was a really fast work, so it has quite a few mistakes, and almost one-third (!!!) of the book is (and lots of pictures are) missing...

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Czech translation by Jaroslav Beneš. This special limited edition – only 100 numbered copies – was prepared by "Společnost přátel pana Honkera" (Society of friends of mr. Honker) i.e. Honza Kopp, Roman Šmíd, Tonda Bartoš and Míra Průcha.

Note from Czech Zappa fans:

CZECH EDITION OF FRANK ZAPPA BOOK „THE REAL FRANK ZAPPA BOOK“ WAS CREATED BY FRANK ZAPPA CZECH COMPETENT FANS AND JUST FOR FRANK ZAPPA HARDCORE FANS IN CZECH REPUBLIC ONLY, TOTALLY WITH NO COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. HIGHEST DEVOTION TO FRANK ZAPPA IS THE ONLY SENCE OF THIS EDITION. AS LITTLE AS 100 PIECES OF THE BOOK WAS MADE. TRANSLATION AND PRINT OF THIS TITLE HAS BEEN PAID FROM PRIVATE SOURCES.

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Polish translation by Robert Sudół, who also added afterword. Other contrubutors: Jacek Korzeniowski (translation of lyrics), Jacek Tofil (front cover painting), Piotr Kokosinski (musical consuting).

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Hebrew translation by Zappa fan Ehud Tagari ("Zappa is to my mind the most important composer since J.S.Bach").

The book has a postscript by Ehud Tagari which includes some additional material like "Jewish Princess" in Hebrew.

French translation by Jean-Marie Millet. A newer edition with forword by Christian Delbrouck was published in 2005 (ISBN 2-84187-715-9).

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This is Dutch 3rd edition. Issued as a Flamingo pocket book. Ambo | Athos publishers had its own mass market list, Flamingo.

Russian translation by V. Kogan.

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This is Dutch 4th edition.

This book in Lithuanian has a print-run of 1000 copies. The book includes full text, but not the original illustrations. Lithuanian translation is by Gediminas Sadauskas. The cover and design is by Rytis Valantinas and Alvydas Ladyga.

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Spanish translation by Manuel de la Fuente Soler & Vicente Forés López.

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El verbo libre de un creador iconoclasta - La Vanguardia

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Polish translation by Jakub Kozłowski.

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Czech translation by Milan Jakobec and Kateřina Jakobcová. Cover art by Richard Švandrlík. Team led by Bohumil Bohouš Jůza. The team: Pravoslav Tomek, ing. Václav Pěnkava, Evžen Cyrner, Martin Kostaš, Jolana Kozáková.

Note from Czech Zappa Fans: Czech edition of Frank Zappa book "The Real Frank Zappa Book" was created by Frank Zappa Czechoslovakian competent fans and just for Frank Zappa hardcore fans in Czech/Slovakia republics only, totally with no commercial purposes. Highest devotion to Frank Zappa is the only sence of this edition. As little as 150 pieces of the book was made. Translation and print of this title has been paid from private sources.

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